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Riverbed Optimizes for EMC SRDF Replication Technology

Riverbed Technology has announced that version 6.1 of the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS) includes a set of new storage networking optimization techniques that improve data reduction and throughput for EMC's SRDF replication technology. According to this InfoStor report, the storage enhancements in RiOS 6.1 are squarely focused on EMC and the SRDF/A protocol, the remote replication software used by EMC's highest-end devices.

"'We are going beyond basic network-level optimization by tuning RiOS for SRDF/A. We were getting a bandwidth reduction of about 4:1, but now have a better understanding of SRDF traffic and have improved the bandwidth reduction to 30:1,' Ghory claims.

"RiOS 6.1 also features a new auto-negotiate compression feature for SRDF and a series of FCIP optimizations for traffic over Brocade's 7500 and Cisco's MDS gateways that speed FCIP traffic to and across the network on both a protocol and network level."